Improvement in horse hay-foxks



C. N. BALDWIN.

Horse Hay-Fork. N0.108,551. Patented Oct. 25,1870.

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CHARLES N. BALllW'IN, OF WILLINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 108,551, dated October 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT I N HORSE HAV-FOR'KS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same the position of the parts when open.

General Description.

The lcttcrsa and 1) indicate two mctal bars, jointed or pivoted together at 0. At their upper ends they are attached to the lilting-pulley (I, under which passcs the suspcmling-ropc 0. Of course, when the device is lifted by means of this rope, the tendency of the lower ends of the bars a and b is to close togcthcr, and the more hay there is being lifted the stronger is this tendency.

To the lower ends of the bars a and I) are pivoted the tincsfand g; they arc hung in slots in the ends of the bars.

To the back end of thc tincf is jointed the connecting rod It, which, in its turn, is jointed to thc rocking-bar and tho connecting-rod j, which lastmcntioncd rod is, in its turn, jointed to the long sliding bar 7;.

Duo cnd ot'thc rocking bar 'i is jointcd to the bar 11, within a slot in which the rocking bar works.

the short conncctingrod in; and the rod'm is also jointed to the lover n, to the outer end of which lever the rope 1 is attached.

Precisely the same intermediate mechanism connects the lover a with tho tine g, so that both tines work together.

\Vhen the parts are all in the position heretoforc shown and described, the tines f and g will remain in the position shown, firmly locked, but by pulling down on the rope I the parts will be thrown into the position indicated by the dotted lines, and the load disengagcd.

To take up a loan, the tincsfand 9 being in the first position shown, the bars a and I) are pulled apart, and the tines then allowed to grapple into the load.

The sliding bar It and its duplicate are secured to their respective bars a and b by perforated studs s s s s.

Claims.

1 claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the bar a, the pivoted tine f, connecting-rod 7t, rocking bar i, connecting-rod j,

sliding bar It, connecting-rod I, connecting-rod m and lever a, the whole constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 

